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Comedy ‘Little’ Graduating to Digital June 25, Disc July 9 From Universal
The “body swap” comedy Little will arrive on digital (including Movies Anywhere) June 25 and Blu-Ray, DVD and on demand July 9 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Regina Hall (Girls Trip, “Black Monday”) and Marsai Martin (“Black-ish”) star as Jordan Sanders — Hall as the take-no-prisoners tech mogul adult version of Jordan and Martin as … Continue reading “Comedy ‘Little’ Graduating to Digital June 25, Disc July 9 From Universal”
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Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ Waltzes to Digital June 18, Disc June 25 for Its 70th
For its upcoming 70th anniversary, Cinderella will waltz into the Walt Disney Signature Collection on digital HD (including Movies Anywhere) June 18 and Blu-ray and DVD June 25. Recently added to the National Film Registry, the animated classic centers on kind and hardworking Cinderella, who is ordered around by her cruel stepmother and her awful stepsisters. When … Continue reading “Disney’s ‘Cinderella’ Waltzes to Digital June 18, Disc June 25 for Its 70th”
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TiVo Expands Data Tracking Fields
As time-shifting video pioneer TiVo separates its product and IP licensing businesses into two companies, itannounced that its TV viewership data is being expanded to include third-party services Kantar ad occurrences, and Drawbridge’s Identity Graph and premium demographic attributes. The Kantar ad data enables customers to know both the programming viewership as well as the advertising viewership … Continue reading “TiVo Expands Data Tracking Fields”
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Final ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Smashes HBO Viewer Records
As expected, the season-eight final episode of “Game of Thrones” broke both viewership records for the series as well as HBO. Initial data suggests the final episode drew 19. 3 million viewers when tabulating initial broadcast, on-demand and some streaming. The tally broke the previous record set May 12 when 18.4 million people watched the … Continue reading “Final ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Smashes HBO Viewer Records”
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Vidgo TV Seeks to Bow Pre-Paid Service in the U.S.
Taking a page from pre-paid phone cards, Vidgo TV plans to launch online TV service in the United States targeting users with little or no credit. Speaking May 15 at the Pay TV Show in Denver, CEO Shane Cannon told attendees the online TV service would appeal to so-called “under banked” consumers with poor credit. … Continue reading “Vidgo TV Seeks to Bow Pre-Paid Service in the U.S.”
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PlayStation Vue Adds Local Fox, ABC TV Stations
Sony’s online TV service PlayStation Vue has added 16 local television stations to its channel portfolio, including Fox and ABC affiliates. With most online TV services such as Sling TV, Fubo TV, DirecTV Now, YouTube TV, Hulu with Live TV and Spectrum TV Plus offering the same pay-TV channels 00 including premium channels HBO and … Continue reading “PlayStation Vue Adds Local Fox, ABC TV Stations”
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WarnerMedia Partners for New Pro Wrestling League
Move over WWE, there’s a new professional wrestling league coming to broadcast TV, streaming video and pay-per-view — backed by WarnerMedia. The media company May 15 announced it is partnering with All Elite Wrestling (AEW), an upstart professional wrestling promotion featuring male and female wrestlers, to begin airing weekly “authentic” wrestling matches later this year. With a … Continue reading “WarnerMedia Partners for New Pro Wrestling League”
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Kagan: Pay-TV Households Declining to 70.5 Million by 2023
The migration of U.S. consumers away from traditional multichannel pay-TV has been ongoing for the past decade and the shift is expected to increase moderately in the next 12 months, with several noteworthy accelerants contributing to long-term subscriber losses, according to Kagan, a media research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence. While traditional multichannel video … Continue reading “Kagan: Pay-TV Households Declining to 70.5 Million by 2023”
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Penultimate ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Sets Series Viewership Record
The next-to-last “Game of Thrones” episode, titled “The Bells,” was watched May 12 by a record 18.4 million viewers across HBO’s linear, TV Everywhere (HBO Go) and SVOD platform HBO Now, exceeding the previous series high of 17.8 million viewers for the April 28 episode, “The Long Night,” focusing on the Battle of Winterfell. The … Continue reading “Penultimate ‘Game of Thrones’ Episode Sets Series Viewership Record”
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TCM to Celebrate Doris Day With 24-Hour Movie Marathon
Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will celebrate the life and career of actress, singer and animal activist Doris Day with a 24-hour, 13-film tribute June 9. Day, who passed away May 13 at the age of 97, started her career as a singer. Her first hit was 1945’s “Sentimental Journey,” which was inducted into the Grammy Hall of … Continue reading “TCM to Celebrate Doris Day With 24-Hour Movie Marathon”
